584 



Car ex muricata. 



teretiuscula. 



paniculata. 



hmervis. 



ampuUacea. 



Phleum arenarium. Every where. 



Boehmeri. Chalk-pits and heaths south of Eriswell. 



Koeleria cristata. Very abundant. 

 Avena praiensis. 

 Glyceria plicata. 

 Bromus ereclus. 

 Festuca hromoides. 



J. TOWNSEND. 



June, 1846. 



Notice of the ^London Journal of Botany,' No 55, dated July, 1846. 

 (Continued from page, 550.) 



The contents are: "Botanical Information." "Enumeration of 

 plants collected by Sir Robert Schomburgk, in British Guiana;" 

 by George Bentham, Esq. " New Hepaticse ;" by Thomas Taylor, 

 M.D. 



The first seven leaves are devoted to the " Botanical Information," 

 which comprises miscellaneous notes on South Africa, by M. Zeyher ; 

 with some " Notes on the Botany of the Pyrenees," by Mr. Spruce. As 

 the Robertsonian Saxifrages have lately excited some attention, in 

 consequence of Mr. C. C. Babington's rather hasty statements respect- 

 ing imaginary differences between those of Ireland and the Pyrenees, 

 it may be interesting to the readers of the ' Phytologist,' to learn that 

 Mr. Spruce fiiids those of the Pyrenees running through the same 

 changes which had been so completely established by Mr. Andrews, 

 in reference to the Irish plants. It always appeared very strange that 

 Mr. Babington should have visited the localities of the Irish Saxi- 

 frages, and yet there found nothing in exception to the descriptions 

 which he put forth, while Mr. Andrews should find and distribute 

 such ample proofs of their inaccuracy. It is more easy to understand 

 the errors with respect to the Pyrenean examples, perhaps few in 

 number, and examined only in herbaria. The case shows how care- 

 ful scientific men ought to be in making and circulating positive 



